This is the largest selection of papers chosen for IHPRC since it was first held in 2010 and, says conference chair Professor Tom Watson, “it is indicative of the increasing quality of research and scholarship from around the world in the field of public relations history.”

Authors come from 21 countries and include first-time contributions from Mauritius, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland. The largest source of papers is the US (10), followed by the UK (8), Germany (4) and Turkey (4).